VIDEO & PHOTOS: Rabbi Yehuda Levin Slams Paladino; Pulls Endorsement

(Wednesday, October 13th, 2010 12:23 PM)

12:20PM EST: Rabbi Yehuda Levin, who introduced Gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino to the “Orthodox Jewish Community” has officially just severed his ties with the campaign, and pulled his endorsement.

At a press conference held moments ago outside the St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan, Rabbi Levin made his official statement in front of dozens of news reporters.

Rabbi Levin slammed Paladino for backtracking on his earlier statements made in a speech at a Boro Park Shul regarding the Toeiva community. The speech was written by Rabbi Levin.

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seriously? come on…paladino is a politician what do you expect? hes looking to win an election, of course hes gonna back down a bit when challenged like that…im not criticizing paladino at all, rabbi levin should know that these things happen.

I met him 40 years ago and he was a quack kooky nutcase back then. All he did was start to dress “chohuv” and oilem goilem thinks he’s an esteemed rabbi. This act of doing a press conference in front of a cathedral just shows you how sane he is.

We should have someone sane from the community make a huge press conference and make it clear that Levin doesn’t represent us. He’s only in it for himself and his obsession with his agenda. He doesn’t even care how bad he makes us look or how many Gedolim he bashes. Not to mention the bushah he brings on R’ Miller ZTVKL.

To # 5 ) I guess you do not know Rabbi Levin too well. He is a person who continues the great work of Rabbi Avigdor Miller Z”TL and goes to all lengths to make sure the Toeiva issues are brought to the public at hand. I do not know what issues you believe he was mechaleil shem shomayim about but he is certainly an advocate for the frum orthodox yidden whether it be here or in Eretz Yisroel.. Did you go to Israel to demonstrate the Gay Pride Parade group. Leave your loshon Hora and Motzei Shem Rah comments for a less respected site not te Yeshiva World News.
To # 7)It would be best if you live with “Dan Lekav Zechus” , Do you know why he picked the Cathedral as his backdrop.. I certainly do not know..Let us wait for more information !!

I don’t get it? Levin wrote the speech and put the words in his mouth and now Levin is pretending that he is withdrawing his support for speaking the words he told him to speak? Can anyone explain this to me?

RE: “Rabbi Levin does not represent main stream Orthodoxy or Chareidim.” (NO. 14)–

rABBI lEVIN REPRESENT THE DAAS TORAH OF RAV AVIGDOR MILLER, ZT”L, AND THE DAS TORAH OF THE KASHAUER RAV, ZT”L. THESE TWO TORAH GIANTS SUPPORTED HIM ENTHUSIASTICALLY, AS THE ONLY PUBLIC FIGURE WHO DARED TO DEFEND OUR CHILREN FROM THE HOMOSEXUAL CHILD MILESTORS AND THEIR POLITICIAN ENABLERS!

I WOULD PRESUME THAT SAINT PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL WAS CHOSEN AS THE VENUE FOR THIS PRESS CONFERENCE, BECAUSE BOTH CUOMO AND PALADINO ARE CATHOLICS, AND THE CATHOLIC RELIGION FORBIDS HOMOSEXUALITY.

deepthinker, do you know of any living Gedolim who are actively aligned with Rabbi Levin NOW? Not his positions/opinions, I mean aligned with Rabbi Levin personally and outspoken about their support for him.

I don’t know enough to say whether or not he’s right or wrong (although I wonder why personal attacks are allowed here). I do know enough, however, to attempt to clear up one of your misconceptions – namely, there is zero correlation between homosexuality and child molestation. Both of them are horrible and have no place in our community. But Rabbi Levin’s agenda with the alternative community has done nothing to help with the child molestation issue, nor will it ever.

I can’t understand why nobody yells “Chilul Hashem” when Satmar meets Cuomo on video and all they talk about is the kind of hand-outs they’re looking to get, without any mention at all about any social or ecconomic values. and to add to the surprize, when anyone rebuks them about it they call that ‘chilul hashem’… It’s mamash beyond me, or below…

With all due respect, when society legitimizes a given form of behavior, even to the extent of brainwashing elemetary school children with the notion that it’s just fine and normal, we lose our ability to shield our children from the molesters, who seek to take advantage of them.

Rav Hutner, zt”l, once observed that, when the “air” becomes polluted with evil thoughts, it affects everyone, including our children.

Baruch Hashem, he is making a fool of himself in front of cameras – the more the merrier. Hopefully people – specifically people in power, or the next candidate he offers to introduce to the orthodox community- will realize how unstable & one trick pony he is.

I just watched the 13 minutes that Rabbi Yehuda Levin spoke to the media in front of the St Patrick’s Cathedral and it boggles my mind that all the negative comments about him on this site , noone decided to wait to hear him out. Well after listening to him for 13 minutes straight it is my suggestion that all the people who may not like him or feel he is a nobody, He is the only one with the guts to do what he did and to speak out about a person who he befriended in the last few weeks hoping to have a candidate and a future new governor in the state of NY that will understand the frum yidden as well as the feelings of devout Catholics, Muslims, Blacks and other races that are living in NY State. The gedolim have a great speaker in Rabbi Levin who voices his opinion and speaks for Klal Yisroel, whether or not you want to believe it . He is doing Rotzon Hashem by being very clear that we want NO PART of the Toeiva movement. Our children must be protected and if the Governor shows weakness than what do yo uthink is going to happen ultimately. Maybe you want the yeshiva’s Rachmono Litzlon told that they must bring the subject of Toeiva into the classrooms Chas V’Sholom.
Noone on this site did what Rabbi Levin did or has done in the past what he has done, so why is he being bashed by so many. Certainly something to think about… We owe him our Hakoras Hatov and he does not need to show any of you his scorecard or who and what Rov or Rebbe guves him support.

Rabosi – may I suggest those of us who are sane enough to see right through this “Rabbi” that we boycott any article that YWN has on him?! Let those that are either fooled by him or just feel that he is wiser than the Gedolim (a fool is wiser than 7 Sages) continue to support him in his foolishness. We, on the other hand, should totally ignore any article about him what-so-ever. That way he’ll start to lose all credibility. That’s what I plan to do for now on.

Rabbi Levin’s words and speeches are 100% true and helpful, one cannot refute the things he brought out, period!!!!

On the other hand the Satmer Rebbi and others who met with the other candidate, (asking for vouchers etc.) pleading on behalf of the struggling families in our community, who find themselves falling apart due to the lack of income etc. are also 100% right!!!

Gedolei Yisroel have been pleading with leaders of the nations for thousands of years, many of which were known murderers and rapists. Our Gedolim even went as far as to give/send them presents in order to find favor and secure favors for klal yisroel.

We need a Yid However to stand up and scream that don’t forget that these people are Rotzchim, Gazlonim, M’Nuvolim… and admire & even advocate anti torah values.

Thank You for reading.

I hope I influence even one person to stop talking negative about another Yid, that would be a great z’chus for me!

Many years ago, yehuda levin ran for city counsel against anthony weiner and a liberal jewish woman (adele klein? Katz?). Some members of the frum community felt that Levin was going to split the frum vote with Weiner which would allow the liberal to win, and they therefore voiced their support for Weiner. Levin came to Rabbi Zakheim’s shul on Rosh Hashana night, got up on the chair and blasted various members of the shul by name saying “look at my children crying because of you”. Why wasn’t he worried about the liberal winning then?!?

YWN Moderator: I feel like a lot of these comments do not belong on a website bearing the heilige name Yeshiva in it. Might I respectfully request that this whole news story be deleted? Alternatively, if that’s asking too much, can the comment section just be disenabled? Your sensitivity in the past to all forms of Lashon Hora has been exemplary and revolutionary in the ‘Frum Blog’ genre. Please continue your holy task. Thank you.